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Grasswire2

(13,571 posts) Sun Aug 27, 2023, 10:33 PM Aug 2023

I wish I could take Kit Kat out and about on my shoulder like a monkey would go.

This Kit Kat, a rescue in March, is very smart, and very curious. A slim and lithe Russian Blue.

Even though the view from our picture window is of birds and boats and squirrels and more, I sense that she is bored at times.

Can't get another.

Can't let her outside -- she was de-clawed early in her life.

I could try a harness and leash. But that might bring other problems.

I did set up the spare laptop for her to watch Kitty TV and she does enjoy it but keeps stepping on the keyboard and disrupting the picture that way.

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I wish I could take Kit Kat out and about on my shoulder like a monkey would go. (Original Post) Grasswire2 Aug 2023 OP

My parents had a cat that they walked on a harness and leash. He enjoyed it. sinkingfeeling Aug 2023 #1

I did have an orange boy who would walk on a leash, yes. Grasswire2 Aug 2023 #2

We had a leash-trained cat, too, and yes, it did make him want to bolt out the door. femmedem Aug 2023 #3

thanks for the input Grasswire2 Aug 2023 #4

sinkingfeeling

(51,482 posts)

1. My parents had a cat that they walked on a harness and leash. He enjoyed it.

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sun Aug 27, 2023, 10:52 PM

Aug 2023

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)

2. I did have an orange boy who would walk on a leash, yes.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 27, 2023, 10:58 PM

Aug 2023

But I don't know if I am risking the possibility that Kit Kat would try to run out by herself when the door opens, if I were to take her out leashed occasionally.

femmedem

(8,208 posts)

3. We had a leash-trained cat, too, and yes, it did make him want to bolt out the door.

Reply to Grasswire2 (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 28, 2023, 06:16 PM

Aug 2023

And I don't know where you live or where you would consider taking your cat, but I live in a small city and no matter where we went--streets or parks--there was always the chance that someone would have an unleashed dog. We had a few close calls, and one where our cat wouldn't have survived if he hadn't been able to climb a tree.

So I think you are doing the right thing by keeping him inside.

Maybe you could try clicker training or more interactive toys?

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)

4. thanks for the input

Reply to femmedem (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 28, 2023, 08:47 PM

Aug 2023

Now we are trying to learn a common language. LOL. She understands the word "hungry?" and she uses the same intonation when she meows at me if she is hungry. "Hun-gry?" Same intonation. So I am going to try to see if we have any other common word sounds. LOL.

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